七夕为什么是“中国情人节”？
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The Qixi Festival
七夕节也叫乞巧节、女儿节，每年农历七月初七庆祝。七夕节起初是女子祈福许愿、祈求巧艺的节日，后来“牛郎织女”的爱情传说流传开来，七夕节逐渐被赋予了浪漫色彩，在当代已经成为了“中国情人节”。
The Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival or the Girls’ Festival, is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year. It was originally a festival for women to pray for blessings and needlecraft dexterity. Later, as the love story between “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl” spread, it gradually took on romantic connotations. By now, it has become the “Chinese Valentine’s Day”.
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The Qiqiao Festival
在中国古代，乞巧节是女子的节日，“乞巧”指的是女子向织女许愿乞求智慧和精巧的女红技艺。主要习俗有乞巧、祈愿、拜织女、吃巧果、染指甲、比赛巧艺（如穿针）等。
In ancient China, the Qiqiao Festival was a women’s festival, in which women prayed to the Weaver Girl for wisdom and ingenuity in their needlecrafting. The customs include the previously mentioned praying, making wishes, worshiping the Weaver Girl, eating a snack called Qiaoguo, painting fingernails, and competing in needlecraft, such as needle threading.
穿
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Needle Threading and Praying
for Ingenuity in Needlecrafting
穿针引线是最常见的一种乞巧方式，形式是拿五色丝线和连续排列的绣花针，在月光下进行连续穿针引线的比赛。
Needle threading is the most common way of praying for needlecraft ingenuity, involving passing five-color silk threads through a row of embroidery needles in the moonlight.
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Qiaoguo
巧果的主要原料是油、面、糖、蜜等，和在一起揉成各种形状后用油炸制。
The main raw ingredients of Qiaoguo include oil, flour, sugar, and honey, which are thoroughly mixed mixed, kneaded into various shapes, and then deep fried.
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The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
牛郎织女最早是两个隔着银河遥相对望的星座，后来在诗人、文学家的笔下慢慢有了人格，衍生出一个凄美的爱情故事。
The Cowherd (Altair) and the Weaver Girl (Vega) were originally known as two constellations facing each other across the Milky Way. Later, in the writing of poets and writers, they gradually developed personalities and a poignant love story.
天界的织女偷偷下凡，与凡间的牛郎相爱，然而两人的爱情触犯了天条，因此被迫分开，只能隔着茫茫银河，默默相望相守。他们的痴情感动了鸟神，每年农历七月初七，鸟神都会招来无数喜鹊以身体搭桥，让牛郎织女得以跨过银河，在鹊桥短暂相会。
The Weaver Girl from heaven secretly came down to the earth and fell in love with the mortal Cowherd. However, they were deemed in violation of the heavenly regulations and forced to separate. They could only stand across the vast Milky Way, longing for each other in silence. Their devotion moved the bird god, who then rallied countless magpies to bridge the Milky Way, so that they could meet briefly on the Magpie Bridge on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month each year.
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The Qixi Festival in Chinese Poetry
银烛秋光冷画屏，
轻罗小扇扑流萤。
天阶夜色凉如水，
坐看牵牛织女星。
——《秋夕》
（唐 杜牧）
The painted screen is chilled in silver candlelight,
She uses silken fan to catch passing fireflies.
The steps seem steeped in water when cold grows the night,
She lies watching, heart-broken stars shed tears in the skies.
—“An Autumn Night”
Written by Du Mu,
the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
许渊冲先生译
Translated by Xu Yuanchong (1921-2021)
纤云弄巧，飞星传恨，银汉迢迢暗度。
金风玉露一相逢，便胜却人间无数。
柔情似水，佳期如梦，忍顾鹊桥归路。
两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。
——《鹊桥仙》
（北宋 秦观）
Clouds float like works of art,Stars shoot with grief at heart,Across the Milky Way the Cowherd meets the Maid.
When Autumn’s Golden Wind embraces Dew of Jade,All the loves scenes on earth, however many, fade.
Their tender love flows like a stream;Their happy date seems but a dream.Can they bear a separate homeward way?
If love between both sides can last for age,Why need they stay together night and day?
—“Immortals at the Magpie Bridge”
Written by Qin Guan,
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
许渊冲先生译
Translated by Xu Yuanchong (1921-2021)
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The Qixi Festival in Chinese Poetry
《唐宫乞巧图》（局部）（五代 佚名 ）
“Qiqiao in the Tang Court (Partial)”
Painter Unknown(907-960)
《乞巧图》（明 郭诩）
“Ongoing Qiqiao“
Guo Xu(1368-1644)
《乞巧图》（清 任颐 ）
“Ongoing Qiqiao”
Ren Yi(1636-1912)
《七夕》傅抱石
Qixi Reunion
Fu Baoshi (1904-1965)
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The Qixi Festival in Films and TV Works
七夕是一个关于爱情的节日。爱是“一日不见，如三秋兮”，也是“两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮”；是“我本将心向明月，奈何明月照沟渠”，也是“愿得一心人，白头不相离”；是“执子之手、与子偕老”，也是“十年生死两茫茫，不思量，自难忘”……
The Qixi Festival is a festival about love, a most profound and elusive emotion, as depicted in a plethora of verses since ancient times. “Love leaves one itchy with longing even for a short separation.” “Profound love does not necessarily mean being together day and night.” “Unrequited love offers the most forlorn sight.” “If only I can live in happiness with my beloved forever!” “As I take your hand in marriage, I pledge lifelong devotion.” “A whole decade has gone by since your departure, yet I cannot help but pine for you unknowingly.”
今朝七夕，愿所有美好都如期而至，所有爱侣都终成眷属。告诉TA，“今夜我不关心人类，我只想你。”
On the day of the Qixi Festival, we’d like to wish you all the best and a happy ending for all those in love. Please tell your beloved: “Tonight, I don’t care about the world; I care only about you.”
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